Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology

Introduction:
Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST), was situated at Thiruvananthapuram is a Deemed to be University under Section 3 of the UGC Act 1956. IIST works autonomously under the Department of Space, Government of India. The possibility of such a foundation was mooted remembering the requirement for excellent manpower for the Indian Space Research Organization, one of worlds leading associations occupied with space research and space applications. The foundation is the first of its kind in the nation, to offer quality training at the undergraduate, graduate, doctoral and post-doctoral levels with special focus on space sciences, space innovation and space applications.
IIST was formally initiated on 14 September 2007 by Dr. G. Madhavan Nair, the then Chairman, ISRO and was housed in the premises of Vikram Sarabhai Space Center, close from where ISRO fabricated and propelled its first rocket.
Both the establishing fathers of the foundation, Dr G Madhavan Nair and Dr B.N. Suresh, the last being the main Director of IIST, assumed a vital part in the development of the foundation, encouraging its foundation and adding to its vision. Dr B.N. Suresh guided the organization from the origination of the thought to its acknowledgment in a changeless grounds close Thiruvananthapuram in 2010.
Academic Programmes:
1. Undergraduate level:
• B.Tech (Avionics)
• B.Tech (Aerospace Engineering)
• B.Tech (Physical Sciences)
• Dual Degree (B. Tech + M.S / M.Tech)
2. Postgraduate level:
M.Tech in Aerodynamics and Flight Mechanics, Structures and Design, Thermal and Propulsion, Control Systems, Digital Signal Processing, RF and Microwave Engineering, VLSI and Microsystems, Power Electronics, Materials Science & Technology, Earth System Sciences, GeoInformatics, Machine Learning and Soft Computing, Optical Engineering, Solid State Technology, M.S. in Astronomy and Astrophysics
3. Ph.D. level: Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology imagines the incorporation of Space Technology and Space Science instructive projects with essential and connected research for meeting the national R&D prerequisites of science and innovation when all is said in done and of the Indian Space Program specifically. The establishment gives a dynamic research air and offers doctoral and postdoctoral projects.
Departments:
• Aerospace Engineering
• Avionics
• Chemistry
• Earth & Space Sciences
• Humanities
• Mathematics
• Physics
Research:
IIST urges the employees to compose Research Projects which are completely supported by the organization. Extend proposition might be submitted to the Research Council sent through the Head of the Department.
Different project schemes available are:
• IIST Research Project
• IIST-ISRO Project
• IIST Fast-Track Research Project
The following are some of the projects completed:
• Whirling beam experiments for flapping wing Micro Aerial Vehicles (MAVs)
• Multi-objective, Multi-disciplinary design optimization of a semi-ballistic Re-entry vehicle using high fidelity heat flux Estimation
• Development of carbon foams for High Temperature Thermal Protection Application
• Multi-wavelength study of massive star forming regions
• Perspective study of Telemedicine Mobile Van Utilisation
• Controllability of Fuzzy Systems • Investigation of excited state dynamics of isolated molecular ions